California Measure of Mental Motivation (CM3)

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Instrument Overview

The CM3 is sold by Insight Assessment and is designed to measure the degree to which a student feels that they are cognitively engaged and mentally motivated toward intellectual activities that involve reasoning. This test contains seven scales of critical thinking: (a) truth‚Äêseeking, (b) open‚Äêmindedness, (c) analyticity, (d) systematicity, (e) confidence in reasoning, (f) inquisitiveness, and (g) maturity of judgment.

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Organization

American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.

Content

Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Social-Emotional Competence ; Responsible Decision Making ; Self Awareness ; Self Management ; Motivation ; Mental Focus ; Learning Orientation ; Creative Problem Solving ; Cognitive Integrity
Languages
English,
Chinese,
Spanish,
Arabic,
Greek,
Turkish
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
20 minutes
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Contact

California Academic Press
Insight Assessment
650-697-5628
1735 N 1st Street, Suite 306
San Jose, CA 95112-4511 USA

Open Access
No
Setting
Classroom

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

https://www.insightassessment.com/wp-content/uploads/ia/pdf/CM3-Validit…